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    Eagles “not actively shopping” Alshon Jeffery

    Getty Images Eagles wide receiver Alshon Jeffery spent all of training camp on the physically unable to perform list, but he was activated in time to be part of the team’s initial 53-man roster. Staying on the PUP list would have left Jeffery, who is returning from a Lisfranc injury...
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    Report: Eagles trying to trade Alshon Jeffery

    Getty Images The Eagles are trying to trade receiver Alshon Jeffery, Jeff McLane of the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. The Eagles have shopped Jeffery since early last season. It also seems unlikely, as McLane points out, that the Eagles will find a trade partner now considering his contract...
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    Eagles make final moves to get to 53

    Getty Images The Eagles got most of the way down to their mandatory 53-man roster with moves on Friday, and on Saturday they finished the job. In addition to putting G Brandon Brooks on the reserve/physically unable to perform list, the Eagles waived CB Rasul Douglas, CB Sidney Jones, DE...
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    Eagles to cut former second-round pick Sidney Jones

    Getty Images The Eagles spent a second-round pick in the 2017 NFL draft on cornerback Sidney Jones, and after three years they’ve seen enough. Jones is going to be cut today, Ian Rapoport of NFL Network reports. It’s still possible some team could throw a seventh-round pick at the Eagles to...
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    Eagles waive Rasul Douglas, Shareef Miller

    Getty Images Sidney Jones isn’t the only cornerback from the 2017 draft being dispatched by the Eagles on Saturday. The Eagles took Rasul Douglas in the third round, one round behind Jones, and Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports he is joining Jones on the waiver wire as Philly gets to 53...
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    Eagles release T.Y. McGill, waive three others

    Getty Images The Eagles got the ball rolling on their moves to get to the 53-player limit on Thursday when they cut 12 players and placed tackle Andre Dillard on injured reserve. They sliced more five players off of the roster on Friday. Their announcement of the moves confirmed a previous...
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    Eagles working out Cordy Glenn

    Getty Images The Eagles have lost a pair of starting offensive linemen for the season and they are kicking the tires on an experienced starter as they try to figure out the best path forward for the regular season. According to multiple reports, the Eagles will bring former Bengals and Bills...
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    Eagles sign Craig James to extension through 2021

    Getty Images Cornerback Craig James was a core special teams player for the Eagles last season and he’s set to stay with the team through the 2021 season. Tom Pelissero of NFL Media reports that the Eagles have signed James to an extension that runs through next season. James was on track to...
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    Couple of teams already have inquired about Adrian Peterson

    Getty Images In 2018, running back Adrian Peterson didn’t sign with Washington until late August. He still had more than 1,000 rushing yards that season. In 2020, Washington has sent Peterson packing the day before the mandatory reduction of the roster to 53. It will make it harder for...
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    Eagles releasing cornerback Trevor Williams

    Getty Images After extending cornerback Craig James earlier this morning, the Eagles parted ways with a veteran. According to Adam Schefter of ESPN, the Eagles are releasing cornerback Trevor Williams. Williams spent his first three years with the Chargers, starting 27 games for them from...
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    PFT’s 2020 NFC 53-man roster cuts tracker

    Getty Images [Editor’s note: We’re keeping track of the moves as NFC teams make them this weekend, as they have to get to their 53-man roster limit by Saturday at 4 p.m. Check back throughout the weekend, as we’ll update throughout.] Dallas Released safety Ha Ha Clinton-Dix. Waived...
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    Report: Zach Ertz contract talks come to a halt

    Getty Images Word late last month was that the Eagles and tight end Zach Ertz had resumed talking about a contract extension, but it doesn’t sound like those talks were particularly fruitful. Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports that the talks have come to a halt. Per the report, the Eagles’...
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    Eagles put Andre Dillard on IR, cut 12 players

    Getty Images The Eagles began the process of dropping to 53 players by Saturday afternoon by ending the season of Andre Dillard. Dillard was in line to start at left tackle this season, but tore his biceps in practice last month and landed on injured reserve Thursday. Players placed on injured...
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    Which playoff teams from 2019 are most likely to not make it back in 2020?

    Getty Images Ever since the playoffs expanded to 12 teams in 1990, a trend has emerged and endured regarding playoff turnover. Roughly half of the teams that make it in a given year don’t make it back the next year. So which teams are most likely to not make it back to the postseason in 2020...
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    Eagles to be without Will Parks for multiple weeks

    Getty Images It looks like the Eagles will be down a member of their secondary for their season opener against Washington. Word from the team on Wednesday is that safety Will Parks will miss multiple weeks due to a lower body injury. Parks popped up on their injury list for the first time...
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    Doug Pederson: Eagles still looking at other options at left tackle

    Getty Images The Eagles apparently are in no rush to pay Jason Peters more money to play his old position. Via Les Bowen of the Philadelphia Daily News, Eagles coach Doug Pederson said the veteran blocker was comfortable at right guard, and that the team would continue to look at other options...
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    Doug Pederson: This is a good week for Carson Wentz to rest

    Getty Images Eagles quarterback Carson Wentz remains out of practice on Tuesday because of the lower body injury that’s sidelined him in recent days, but there’s no sign of concern about his availability for the regular season. Head coach Doug Pederson said in a videoconference that he doesn’t...
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    Eagles offering cardboard cutouts to fill their stands

    Getty Images The Eagles are one of many NFL teams that will open the season by playing games without fans in attendance and they’re joining some of those clubs in offering a way to have something other than empty seats surrounding the field. The team announced that they are offering fans a...
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    Will anyone claim Leonard Fournette on waivers?

    Getty Images Until 4:00 p.m. ET on Tuesday, a team that would like to claim the balance of running back Leonard Fournette‘s contract can do so. So will anyone do it? Per a league source, multiple teams are doing research on Fournette, who had 1,152 rushing yards another 522 receiving yards on...
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    Jeffrey Lurie: DeSean Jackson’s social-media posts were “disgusting and appalling,” but he’s now “doing the right things”

    Getty Images Eagles receiver DeSean Jackson created a firestorm with cartoonish social-media posts expressing ridiculously offensive anti-Semitic sentiments that were attributed to Hitler. If Jackson was one of the bottom guys on the roster, he would have been long gone. His talent, along with...
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